Culinary & Safari in South Africa

9 Days and 8 Nights

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Spoil yourself on a food and wine vacation. You’ll savor authentic South African cuisine that is perfectly paired with award-winning wine from the Cape

Winelands. Then off on safari. On this gourmet foodie vacation, you’ll get to do it all. Wine and dine with a celebrity chef, enjoying a 5-course dinner and learn about the local, slow-food movement. You’ll prepare traditional African dishes such as Potjie Kos, which literally translated means “food of a small pot”. This stew is customarily prepared outdoors, over an open fire, in a traditional round, cast iron, three-legged pot. You’ll also learn tips from a renowned chef while working side-by-side, preparing a meal based on seasonal and regional ingredients. But of course, you’ll also get to sit back and experience the warm, personal South African hospitality while dining at award-winning restaurants. In the Stellenbosch wine region, you’ll get to enjoy world-class wines, and tour the winemaking facility.

No trip to South Africa would be complete unless you take a safari game drive in search of the Big Five:

Lion

Leopard

Elephant

Rhino

Buffalo

Your gourmet dining experience continues at the game lodge as you’ll sample Cape Malay cuisine and more South African wines. This will be an experience like no other. Call us for details on your fantastic South African vacation. We can customize an itinerary for you and group.

Cape Malay Cuisine

Signature Dish of South Africa
This unique cuisine dates back to the early Indian and Malay laborers who were brought to the Cape area by the Dutch. During the 17th century, the Dutch sailing ships would bring back slaves from Sumatra along with numerous spices including tumeric, star anise, barishap (fennel), jeera (cumin) and tamarind. The result is a flavorful mix of slow-cooked lamb stews, smoke-fired vegetables and various meat dishes that have become a signature of the South African culture.

Extend your South African food and wine vacation with a two-night stay in the stunning Cape Winelands, where you can visit the Malay Quarter.

Travel Insurance

Planning for the Unexpected
As Donna Summer sang, “She Works Hard for the Money” and so do you. That’s why you should protect your vacation with a travel insurance policy, especially when traveling overseas. Most of the time vacations go off seamlessly and your only worries are uploading all of those wonderful photos of your memorable trip. But on occasion, things don’t go as planned.

What happens if you slip and break your ankle while walking the cobblestone streets of Italy? Will the insurance you have through your job cover mishaps abroad? Will you have to pay upfront and then hassle with reimbursement forms after returning home? Who are you going to call if your passport gets stolen by a pickpocket artist in eastern Europe; or your luggage never arrives for the family reunion cruise or a hurricane destroys your honeymoon villa three days prior to your departure? These problems become magnified when traveling to a foreign country and you don’t speak the language.

An international travel insurance policy will give you the help and peace of mind you need when you’re so far from home. How comforted will you feel knowing you have a 24-hour hotline to reach out to you if disaster strikes? Policies are available to protect you if you require emergency medical evacuation, must cancel due to a last-minute illness of an elderly parent or for trip-interruption coverage if your spouse gets hurt zip lining in Costa Rica.

Ask us about trip-insurance coverage and we’ll help you plan for the unexpected.

Fine Living Enthusiast

We are all about spreading the gospel on wine, jazz and travel. We offer group and customized trips to travel destinations that allow you to engage in these passions. Whether you want to go on a wine cruise down the Rhine River, indulge in a Las Vegas food and wine pairing experience or party down at a jazz festival in New Orleans, we can help you get there.